Job Title: Office and Operations Manager

Organization: Justice for Migrant Families 

Location: In-office, Buffalo, NY

Reports to: Executive Director 

Hours: 20 hours per week

Compensation: $25 per hour

Benefits: Monthly health insurance stipend; annual paid time off, four paid quarterly closures, and paid holidays.

To apply please send your resume, a brief cover letter, and references to [hr@jfmfwny.org] with the subject line “Office and Operations Manager – [Your Name].”

This person will be the lead office manager and assist with administrative support, with regular interaction with all those who have contact with Justice for Migrant Families,

including staff, volunteers, members, and families and individuals.

This position requires in person availability, with an occasional remote option. The position is mainly daytime hours, with occasional options for evening or weekend hours.

This person will be on call by phone one to two times a week.

Duties will include:

• Being present in the office and keeping JFMF organized and responsive:

• Communicate office updates and hours

• Track, forward, and respond to mail, execute organizational mailings

• Return calls, manage voicemail system

• Make referrals to commonly requested resources

• Supporting the office structures that keep JFMF engaged with community:

• Maintain organization of the system of incoming support requests and follow ups

• Respond to new volunteer inquiries. Complete initial onboarding process until new volunteers are connected to program coordinators

• Join event planning teams, and lead on the event logistics

• Scheduling, including scheduling interpreters

• Join the JFMF team; work together towards organizational goals:

• Participate in staff meetings and annual retreat

• Participate in some organizational trainings

• Collaborate with bookkeeping to keep good records, track donations and be responsive to donors

• Collect and organize photographic records of JFMF events

• Occasionally post to Instagram and FB

Requirements

• Conversational or above in Spanish; fluent written and spoken English

• Trustworthy and ethical, able to set and uphold standard of respect and care in diverse work setting

• Experience in direct community work

• Strong interpersonal and listening skills

• Clear and comprehensible oral and written communication

• Collaborative approach to creative problem solving

• Comfortable with digital communications platforms and digital formatting

• Ability to keep good records and use online platforms

• Sufficient awareness of immigrant justice to ensure that the JFMF office is a welcoming place

JFMF is an equal opportunity employer that supports and lives diversity in our staffing and values. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women; people of color; immigrant, bilingual, and bicultural individuals; people from working class communities; and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming communities. Justice for Migrant Families complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

Job Title: Community Organizer

Organization: Justice for Migrant Families

Location: Buffalo, NY

Full Time, salaried position, $50,000

Benefits: Monthly health insurance stipend, Paid time off

Open until position is filled.

Please submit resume, cover letter and two references related to experience and skills to hr@jfmfwny.org using subject line “JFMF Community Organizer, [YOUR NAME].

The Justice for Migrant Families Organizer will advance justice, equity and freedom for immigrants in Buffalo and New York by organizing with community members who are directly impacted by immigration policy and enforcement, with volunteers and allies, and by working in coalition with partners in the city and state.

The organizer will build relationships with directly impacted community members in the WNY community, including people in immigrant detention. The organizer will attend coalition meetings and participate in campaign planning and connect community members to campaigns. They will convene and facilitate meetings of members and pursue a community-rooted agenda.

The Organizer will work collaboratively with the JFMF team. participate in regular JFMF team meetings and will take part in some general operational support such as coverage of organizational message platforms and on call times. The Organizer will contribute to the monthly newsletter; organizing grant applications, and organizing grant reporting.

Requirements

• Second language, able to interpret 

• Experience in direct community work

• Prior experience in community organizing

• Strong interpersonal and listening skills

• Clear and comprehensible oral and written communication

• Collaborative approach and orientation for creative problem solving

• Comfortable with using digital communications platforms and formatting graphics

• Ability to keep good records 

• Experience with immigration systems and policies, through personal or work experience

• Available to work some evenings, occasional weekend day; on average, one evening a week, and one weekend day per month, depending on event schedule

Initial training and orientation provided. 

Please submit resume, cover letter and two references related to experience and skills to hr@jfmfwny.org using subject line “JFMF Community Organizer, [YOUR NAME].

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Organizador(a) Comunitario

Jornada Completa, puesto asalariado, $50,000.

Sin fecha límite, hasta que se ocupe la plaza.

Beneficios: Estipendio mensual de seguro de salud.

El(la) organizador(a) participará en las reuniones periódicas del equipo de JFMF para apoyar sus áreas de trabajo a través de la supervisión, planificación, colaboración y apoyo y participará en el apoyo operativo general en las siguientes áreas; semanalmente, atender una de las líneas directas organizacionales un día a la semana de 4 a 8 pm, día por determinar, y dar cobertura a las plataformas de mensajes organizacionales; contribuir al boletín mensual; y contribuirá a organizar las solicitudes de subvenciones y la presentación de informes trimestrales.

Requisitos

• Inglés/Español bilingüe, con fluidez y poder traducir e interpretar

• Experiencia en trabajo comunitario directo

• Comprensión de la organización comunitaria

• Fuertes habilidades interpersonales y de escucha

• Comunicación oral y escrita clara y comprensible

• Enfoque colaborativo y orientación para la resolución creativa de problemas

• Cómodo con el uso de plataformas de comunicación digital y formateo de gráficos

• Capacidad para mantener buenos registros y usar plataformas de datos en línea

• Experiencia con sistemas y políticas de inmigración, a través de la experiencia personal o laboral

• Trabajará al menos una noche (después de las 4 pm) cada semana

Se alienta a los candidatos con conocimiento práctico de las definiciones legales de inmigración y / o habilidades, experiencia o antecedentes paralegales a postularse.

Se proporciona formación y orientación inicial. 

Envíe un currículum, una carta de presentación y dos referencias relacionadas con la experiencia y las habilidades a hr@jfmfwny.org y en el subjecto “Organizador(a) Comunitario, [SU NOMBRE]

JFMF is an equal opportunity employer that supports and lives diversity in our staffing and values. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women; people of color; immigrant, bilingual, and bicultural individuals; people from working class communities; and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming communities. Justice for Migrant Families complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.